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Can you number [the] months they fulfill, and do you know [the] time of its giving birth?
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When they crouch, they bring forth their young ones; they get rid of their labor pains.
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Their young ones grow strong; they grow up in the open; they go forth and do not return to them.
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"Who has sent forth [the] wild ass free? And who has released [the] wild donkey's bonds,
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[to] which I have given [the] wilderness [as] its house and [the] salt flat [as] its dwelling place?
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It scorns [the] city's turmoil; it does not hear [the] driver's shouts.
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It explores [the] mountains [as] its pasture and searches after every kind of green plant.
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"Is [the] wild ox willing to serve you, or will he spend the night at your feeding trough?
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Can you tie [the] wild ox [with] its rope to a furrow, or will it harrow [the] valleys after you?
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Can you trust it because its strength [is] great, or will you hand your labor over to it?
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Can you rely on it that it will return your grain and [that] it will gather [it] to your threshing floor?